Current location:opinions >>
Taikonaut Chen Dong sets China's record for longest stay in space
opinions3628People have gathered around
IntroductionScreen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on July 25, 2022 shows Shenzhou-14 taikona ...
Screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on July 25, 2022 shows Shenzhou-14 taikonaut Chen Dong at Wentian space lab module. (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)
BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chen Dong has set a new record for the most cumulative days living and working in space by a Chinese taikonaut.
The China Manned Space Agency said on Tuesday that the twice-time space traveler, who is on board the orbiting China's Tiangong space station, has become the first Chinese to stay in orbit for more than 200 days.
Together with two other taikonauts, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, Chen was sent into the space station core module Tianhe aboard the Shenzhou-14 spaceship on June 5 for a six-month stay.
The crew has spent more than 170 days in orbit. This is the second time Chen has ventured into space, following his first 33-day Shenzhou-11 mission in Tiangong-2, the space station's predecessor, in 2016 with taikonaut Jing Haipeng.
"Chen is a perfectionist. He never leaves problems unsolved," said Jing. After his first space trip, Chen was conferred with a third-class medal and the honorary title "heroic taikonaut."
Chen was born in 1978 in central China's Henan Province. He was recruited into China's taikonaut team in May 2010.
Appointed as the mission commander, Chen has led the Shenzhou-14 crew to complete multiple tasks over the past five months, including three spacewalks, a series of scientific experiments, a live science lecture, and several in-orbit operations of rendezvous, docking, and transposition. They have been called "the busiest space crew" by Chinese netizens.
This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov. 17, 2022 shows China's Shenzhou-14 taikonaut Chen Dong having exited the space station lab module Wentian. The Shenzhou-14 crew on board the orbiting Chinese Tiangong space station is conducting their extravehicular activities for the third time. (Photo by Sun Fengxiao/Xinhua)
During the mission, the trio in orbit oversaw the arrivals of the station's two lab modules, Wentian and Mengtian, and saw off two cargo crafts, Tianzhou-4 and Tianzhou-5. They will also witness the historical moment when the Chinese space station is fully completed by the end of this year.
"Building China's space station is the dream of all Chinese people. We are so lucky and happy to see that the construction of the space home will be completed in our hands," Chen said while the trio met the press ahead of the mission.
"We will make good use of such a platform to carry out more complicated sci-tech experiments, so as to generate more achievements to serve the world and benefit all mankind."
China is ready to send the next manned mission into space as the Shenzhou-15 spaceship and its carrier rocket have been transferred to the launch area on Monday. Chen and his team members will be involved in the first Chinese space station crew handover in orbit when the Shenzhou-15 taikonauts arrive. The manpower in Tiangong will grow to six for a short period before the Shenzhou-14 heads back to Earth.
The Shenzhou-14 crew is scheduled to return to the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in December. ■
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Stellar Station news portal”。http://kenya.downmusic.org/html-1f599949.html
Related articles
Travis Kelce downs whiskey shot on slice of bread at Kelce Jam without Taylor Swift
opinionsTravis Kelce was spotted taking a whiskey shot from a slice of bread in true southern fashion as he ...
【opinions】
Read moreSudden heavy rains in Oman kill at least 17 including schoolchildren whose bus was overtaken
opinionsDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding in Oman on the eastern edge ...
【opinions】
Read moreWhat does science say about the ingredients in functional beverages?
opinionsFunctional beverages — or drinks promoted as offering mental or physical benefits beyond hydration — ...
【opinions】
Read more
Popular articles
- The Latest
- Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 33,175: ministry
- AP Source: General Motors and Bedrock real estate plan to redevelop GM Detroit headquarters towers
- Guangdong rally by Fujian, Sichuan lose 12th in a row
- Adams, Reyna, Turner, Ream are US concerns ahead of Copa America
- Qinghai Lake starts to thaw
Latest articles
LINKS
- Zibanejad has 2 goals and 1 assist, Panarin scores as Rangers beat Hurricanes 4
- Review planned for vaccine payouts as claims soar following the pandemic
- Premier League referee to wear camera to offer insight into demands of being a match official
- Premier League referee to wear camera to offer insight into demands of being a match official
- Trump says Biden is running a 'Gestapo' administration
- Tragedy as girl, 10, is killed in house fire that her mother and siblings
- Fight to own Britain's biggest mega
- Donald Trump arrives at the Miami Grand Prix days after having his $250,000
- Padres place Musgrove on injured list with elbow inflammation
- Atlanta police hoist six illegal squatters from $500,000 home after stealing neighbor's car